Santana - "Evil Ways"

Does anyone out there know if the *true* 45 mix/edit of Sanatana's "Evil Ways" exists on CD?

As far as I recall the 45 mix had Gregg Rolie's lead vocals blended in the center channel while the the album mix had the vocals spread out left-to-right.

Anybody have the original single handy?

Andy

AndrewChouffi wrote: Does anyone out there know if the *true* 45 mix/edit of Sanatana's "Evil Ways" exists on CD?

Are you saying that the actual 45 isn't the version found on the Soundtrack For A Century box set (and the separate release of the double CD it was on--I forget which one off the top of my head)? It runs the 45 length and seems to match the edits properly, but I'm not sure of the mix.

It doesn't surprise me that Soundtrack For A Century has the wrong version. They also messed up "Carry On Wayward Son" as mentioned in another thread.

aaronk wrote: Are the reissue 45s all the original mix, or are there some that contain the LP edit like the Sony CD mentioned above?

Aaron, both sides of the Columbia Hall Of Fame series reissue 45 (33185) of "Evil Ways" / "Jingo" were mono, matching their respective A-side stock copy releases. The only stereo appearance of "Evil Ways" on 45 was on the DJ 45, with a matrix number of JZSS 152122 (the mono side of the DJ 45, the stock 45 and Hall Of Fame reissue all bore matrix number ZSP 152121.)

As long as we're on the subject, these two subsequent Santana Hall Of Fame reissue 45s were also mono on each side (all four titles had appeared in stereo on their respective original stock 45s):

33195 - "Black Magic Woman" / "Oye Como Va"
33211 - "Everybody's Everything" / "No One To Depend On" (3:15 length)

Thanks for the tip, Andy!